Daniel W. Wood, MPAS, PAC, is a physician assistant with more than two decades of experience in pediatric medicine, currently practicing in pediatric cardiology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he cares for children in heart failure and those supported by ventricular assist devices. Since 2009, he has also served as a pediatric critical care physician assistant at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, managing critically ill children in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU. Earlier in his career, he practiced family and pediatric medicine in medically underserved, predominantly Hispanic communities in San Antonio, and spent several years as a clinical assistant professor directing admissions and coordinating coursework for a PA program. He earned his Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2003 and his Bachelor of Science in Medical Science from Alderson Broaddus College in 2000.

A dedicated leader in the physician assistant profession, Daniel is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and a Lifetime Fellow of the Society of Physician Assistants in Pediatrics (SPAP), for which he previously served as President. He was named PA of the Year by SPAP in 2018 and has volunteered on medical mission trips to Guatemala and at a refugee clinic in Austin. Daniel is also a prolific national speaker, having delivered dozens of presentations for the American Academy of Physician Assistants on topics ranging from pediatric head trauma to neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, and he has authored several publications on pediatric health topics, including diaper dermatitis, childhood obesity, and pre-participation physicals.